Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares
Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares (Japanese:エコーナイト#2 眠りの支配者) is a 1999 first person adventure video game developed and published by FromSoftware for the PlayStation.[1] It is the second game in the Echo Night series.
| Echo Night 2: The Lord of Nightmares | |
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| Developer(s) | FromSoftware |
| Publisher(s) | FromSoftware |
| Director(s) | Akinori Kaneko |
| Producer(s) | Toshifumi Nabeshima |
| Programmer(s) | Akinori Kaneko |
| Artist(s) | Masahiro Kajita |
| Writer(s) | Toshifumi Nabeshima Eiji Matsumoto Hiroyasu Sugiyama |
| Series | Echo Night |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, PlayStation Network |
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| Genre(s) | First-person adventure Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
It is not a sequel to Echo Night. Despite reusing Richard Osmond as the playable protagonist, the Medium as an antagonist, and the red stone that kills people to grant wishes, the first and second games are set in 1937 and 1949 with Richard being 25 years old in both games. Echo Night 2 is a reimagining of the first game's themes and ideas.
Story
The game is set in an old Gothic manor house.[2]
Gameplay
Like the first game, Echo Night 2 is played from a first-person perspective, but unlike most other first-person games there is no use of firearms in the game. When confronted by a ghost the player must turn on the lights in the room by means of a light switch. The player is often transported into the past via the passengers or certain objects. Once the player fulfills a task important to a spirit they will vanish and drop an "Astral Piece" which can be used to get a different ending scene.
Release
The game was released for the Sony PlayStation on August 5, 1999, and published by FromSoftware.[1] It was released only in Japan.[3]
In 2007, it was re-released for the PlayStation Network in Japan.[4]
In 2015, an English language fan translation was released.[5]
References
- "エコーナイト#2 眠りの支配者 [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- "TGS '99: Tokyo Game Show 1999". Gamer's Republic (13): 36. June 1999.
- "Replay – Echo Night". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- Gantayat, Anoop (2007-10-10). "Sony Doubling Archive Output in Japan". IGN. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- "Echo Night #2: Nemuri no Shihaisha". ROMhacking.net. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
